by Margaret E Ward | Jul 4, 2025 | Brand journalism
Women who start their own businesses say freedom, better work-life balance and autonomy are the main reasons they take the plunge into self-employment. Despite its glamorous reputation, entrepreneurship is a high-risk gamble financially, personally, emotionally and...
by Margaret E Ward | Jun 26, 2025 | Brand journalism
When it comes to working and having children, it’s more difficult for women to climb to the top of their profession. From the gender pay and promotions gap, the childcare and domestic juggle and the women’s health gap, many structural and societal barriers are put in...
by Margaret E Ward | Jun 19, 2025 | Brand journalism
When you are working and raising young children, you have little time to think about your own health or your physical and mental needs. It is an oversight that is reinforced by social and cultural messages that encourage women to subsume their needs for others. We...
by Margaret E Ward | Jun 13, 2025 | Brand journalism
Childcare is Ireland’s impossible equation. No matter how much you try to solve for X – working from home, asking relatives for help, using crèches, childminders and availing of State subsidies and payments – it seems designed to break you financially and emotionally....
by Margaret E Ward | Jun 6, 2025 | Brand journalism
Women are financially disadvantaged throughout their lives. From paying the ‘pink tax’ – more for similar clothing and toiletries compared to men – to the gender pay gap, pensions and inheritance gaps, it’s much harder for women to attain and maintain...
by Margaret E Ward | May 23, 2025 | Brand journalism
Congratulations! You got the big promotion you’ve always wanted. It was a hard slog, but you were focused, worked hard to meet the company’s goals and directed your team well. You’ve made the great leap from manager to leader. Now what? If you’re a new leader or...
